Musicals made me do it

  STAY WITH ME ON THIS PLEASE Okay hear me out guys, I promise that I'm not trying to be some kinda Sigma Male when I say that I am literally Patrick Bateman. No, I don't languish over my business card, I don't work on wall street (heaven knows I should never be trusted with any sort of finance job unless you want another financial crisis), and I most definitely don't murder women. That being said, me and the main character of American Psycho do have one thing in common, an obsession with the musical Les Misérables.  I saw Les Misérables live in London on June 20th 2024. If you're wondering how I just have that date stored in my memory, it's because it was only a two days before the Best Day of my life (I'm not being nonchalant I promise I'll write about it next). For some background information, Les Misérables is a musical based on the French book of the same name written by Victor Hugo. It follows an ensemble of people during the June Rebellion (It hap...

 Hey... recognize this art style? I'm Anya Shenoy, and I'm here to tell you that you have rights. If you recognize this art style, you may be entitled to financial compensation. Okay, if you don't, first of all I'm jealous of you, but this is basically a tumblr fan drawing of John Laurens by the same artist who drew the infamous "Thomas Jefferson Miku Binder". Now, if those words mean nothing to you I will attach an image below, feel free to shut your eyes if you don't want to relive the trauma of seeing it for the first time. But I'm not writing this to make fun of a garbage fan art that was made 10 years ago, I'm writing this to discuss the impact that Hamilton had on the way we view real historical figures.  The Man, The Myth, The LEGEND When  Hamilton: An American Musical  exploded into mainstream popularity after its 2015 debut, it did more than just bring hip-hop to Broadway or make theatre kids start rapping about the Federalist Papers it t...

Unfortunately for all my fellow constantly anxious readers, this post is not a how-to guide for handling stress; it's a desperate rant begging you to understand my undying love and affection for the 2015 off-Broadway production of Be More Chill. Be More Chill is a musical adaptation of Ned Vizzini's novel of the same name. It features original music and lyrics by Joe Iconis and a book by Joe Tracz. The musical premiered at the Two River Theater in Red Bank, New Jersey, in 2015. It then transferred off-Broadway in 2018 and, after building a cult following online, landed a Broadway run at the Lyceum Theatre in 2019. While its time on the Great White Way was brief, its impact on fans, especially younger ones, was long-lasting and deeply emotional. Be More Chill (BMC for short) is a sci-fi teen musical centered around Jeremy Heere, an anxious high school student desperate to climb the social ladder and win the affection of his classmate, Christine Canigula (dream role, btw). In an ...